Purple
Is not a permanent colour, but being in combination with another, it changes to a bluish tint; it is easily applied, and very useful and rich in contrast with orange, silver, or light colours in general. This colour has been much esteemed, as preferable to the made-purple of carmine and cobalt. It can be used for backgrounds if intensely laid on, two or three times over: it has almost the appearance of velvet, and may be used with advantage in every shade, and modified with a little burnt carmine to suit the taste of the artist.
Orange Chrome
Is not so bright as the red lead, but is permanent, and will not turn black. I have preserved all its brightness that was possible to obtain, and have, therefore, entirely abandoned the more seductive red lead: it is used precisely as the vermilion.
Chrome Lemon.
Requires no particular treatment; it is both permanent and bright. We place it in the box to be occasionally used for illuminations, where an opaque colour is desirable. The gamboge can be used instead, when a transparent colour is preferable, and it will, in combination with prussian blue, form beautiful greens for foliage.
Carmine, plain, burnt, and purple.
Is one of the most useful colours in illuminations; its richness, either diluted or not, gives life and brilliancy to the surrounding colours. In combination with enamel white, it makes a rich pink; with cobalt, it forms a soft lilac; and with burnt carmine, it produces a rich brown, and invariably adds to the general effect. Carmine is so generally useful, so easily applied, that the artist will soon discover its inestimable value.
Hooker's Green
Is equally useful, brilliant, and easily applied. It adds intensity to the shading of all the greens. In combination with white, a beautiful middle tint is obtained, and may be used for ornamentations, scrollwork, etc.